London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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The causes of death may be classified as follows
Deaths caused by disease 77
Violent deaths—
Accidental 58
Suicidal 12
Homicidal 4 74
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The fatal diseases may be classified thus
Diseases of the brain and nervous system,
including " convulsions " 22
Diseases of the organs of respiration and
circulation 46
Other visceral diseases 2
Tubercular diseases 2
Zymotic ,, (Diarrhoea) 2
Spasm of Glottis 2
Teething 1
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The violent deaths were as follows:—
Accident:
Suffocation (including 17 of infants
under one year) 18
Poison 2
Burns 4
Gunshot wounds 1
Drowning - 1
Fractures and Contusions, 28—viz.—
Run over 4
Falls under various circumstances 24
28
Otherwise 4
Suicide: By hanging 1
By poison 4
By cut (stab) 3
By gunshot wounds 3
By a fall 1
Homicide: Wilful murder 4
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